Zorro The Musical: \u201cThe show is about love. The show is about acceptance, the show is about choosing your own path, finding your own path. All tied in with some crazy swash-buckling fun and a tonne of sword fighting and fire.\u201d That is how Benjamin Purkiss, who will be playing the lead role of Zorro, briefly described the production.<\/p>\n
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The immersive performance will open at Manchester\u2019s Hope Mill Theatre on the 14th March, and has so much more to offer than you could ever begin to imagine:<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s the kind of show where as soon as you arrive at the venue there will be something going on”. \u201cYou can go in, you can try the food, you can have some drinks, you can dance, you can have loads of fun. It\u2019s going to be an experience from the word \u2018go\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n
Zorro has so many elements – you\u2019ll probably find yourself struggling with where to look – from great flamenco dancing, to Cante jondo singing, magic, music and, of course, sword fights.\u00a0\u201cThere is a sword fight at the end of the show that is definitely one to watch out for. I\u2019m really excited to get everyone to see it. We have been working on it everyday for the last 3 or 4 weeks. There is so much work and practise that has to go in, especially with the sword fighting.\u201d<\/p>\n
Renny Krupinski<\/strong> is a hugely sought after, industry professional Fight Director, and has been choreographing the fights scenes for Zorro over the last few weeks. We asked him the question which will be on the tip of the audiences tongues: how dangerous is it really?\u00a0\u201cIt shouldn\u2019t be dangerous at all. There shouldn\u2019t be even a half a percent of danger involved. It has to look dangerous, it has to appear fierce. \u201cThe act of safety is paramount.\u201d\u00a0I\u2019m sure the audience will be glad to hear that no real blood will be shed on stage.<\/p>\n Renny explained that the most challenging part about choreographing for Zorro has been: \u201cI am loving Zorro. It has been a dream and a challenge to put this many sword fights on a postage stamp. The space at Hope Mill is terrific. It is a challenge to put really big sword fights in a very small space, and make them safe, and make them thrilling. I\u2019m pretty sure the audience are going to sit there shrinking back in their chairs because they feel that the swords are getting close to them. You have to build a fight on a technically solid framework so that any nerves, any heat of the moment, any unexpected or unwanted emotions or movements are not going to change the fight. You can\u2019t improvise in a fight.\u201d<\/p>\n Krupinski reinforced his faith in the production, saying:\u00a0\u201cI genuinely think the audiences are gonna love it. The music is infectious. The dances look fantastic.\u201d<\/p>\n With so much going on, Zorro will be one that you won\u2019t forget.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Gemma Gosden chats to Renny Krupinski & Benjamin Purkiss aka Zorro Zorro The Musical: \u201cThe show is about love. The show is about acceptance, the show is about choosing your own path, finding your own path. All tied in with some crazy swash-buckling fun and a tonne of sword fighting and fire.\u201d That is how […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"yoast_head":"\n